This morning's five mile walk provided some interesting birds along the bike trail. I tallied 42 species for the morning. There were quite a few new arrivals, with a few surprises, and good numbers of several species. *Highlights include:* Green-winged Teal - 2 (a pair) Blue-winged Teal - 2 males Canada Goose - one of the nests recently hatched, as there were two adults with 7 very yellow, fluffy goslings (looked like they were only a few days old) Cooper's Hawk - 1 (startled it - it was on/near a nest) Northern Harrier - 1 (was being chased by a Red-tailed Hawk) Wild Turkey - 5 (saw all five, two were calling to each other across the trail) Black-bellied Plover - 2 (feeding on the mudflats in a field) Ruddy Turnstone - 2 (feeding on the mudflats in a field) Wilson's Snipe - 1 Eastern Phoebe - 1 House Wren - 5 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 3 (all very vocal) Hermit Thrush - 1 Warbling Vireo - 1 Yellow Warbler - 4 Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 1 Eastern Towhee - 17 (includes one pair that I watched for ~10 minutes) Chipping Sparrow - 3 Field Sparrow - 1 Song Sparrow - bountiful, singing all along the trail (I should have counted them...) Swamp Sparrow - 1 White-throated Sparrow - 32 (includes one flock of 14; many were singing) I also had the pleasure of watching a female Red Fox with two playful pups/kits. :D They were only about 1/3 of her size, very fluffy, and full of energy. This made my day. :) Happy Earth Day, Judy Hochadel ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Please consider joining our Society, at www.ohiobirds.org/site/membership.php. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: listserv.miamioh.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]